BERLIN / AP Germany’s interior and justice ministers hope to thrash out initial plans for a response to last month’s truck attack on a Christmas market, with a tougher stance expected towards suspected extremists who don’t have asylum. Chancellor Angela Merkel has said the December 19 attack in Berlin demands a swift response that guarantees both security and civil …

  BANGKOK / AP At least 25 people have died in severe flooding in southern Thailand since New Year’s Day, leaving businesses paralyzed, schools closed and thousands of tourists stranded, the government said on Tuesday. Twelve provinces have been hit by unseasonal rains and surface runoff since January 1, affecting more than 1 million people, the Interior Ministry said, adding …

  WASHINGTON / AP President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, Sen. Jeff Sessions, is set to be questioned by his peers in a high-visibility Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing. Sessions is likely to stress his conservative legal credentials even as he works to persuade Democrats on the panel that he can be fair and even-handed as the country’s top …